As Parenting Roles Blue Kids Benefit
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
With the never ending battle about same sex marriages, the customary role of who is breadwinner and who is the caregiver has also undergone a dramatic evolution, as the roles of ‘married couples’ become more and more blurred. The days of the father-figure as a distant, ‘gone to work’ person whom the children barely had time to relate to, are long gone.
Three principle factors have created this change:
*one-third of wives in America alone, are able to take home a larger salary than their husbands*’lifetime male employment’ has become a thing of the past – particularly in the current recession*Increasing insecurity in the job market.
Females are experiencing what it is to have to take the major responsibility for the family’s finances, while the males are discovering the full and often overwhelming responsibility of having to be the care provider 24×7. Numerous men find themselves staying at home and doing toddler duty, while their wives scurry off to the work place.
Even in same sex relationships, there seems to be a strong orientation to male and female roles. It is becoming more and more vital in any relationship, for both partners to be able to take on the other partner’s role without hesitation. For both roles to be truly successful, they are required to be in a constant flux of cooperation.


